<p>A small-town kid from the cornfields of Illinois Jarrod grew up dreaming of serving his country one day. When he finally found the courage to become a soldier the terror attacks of 9/11 turned his world upside down. Soon he would find himself facing Taliban fighters in the treacherous mountains surrounding Afghanistan's Shah-i-Khot Valley an insurgency in rural areas of Iraq and Afghanistan and Jaysh-al-Mahdi fighters in the war-torn streets of Sadr City Iraq.&#65279;</p>